Look, I’m not saying I would immediately order, using next-day shipping, a t-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “Mamdani Mets” and wear it proudly both here in California and at CitiField. But I’m also not NOT saying that.

It's almost like this country has always counted on immigrants to make up for low birth rates among the native-born.

AI garbage, Jewish edition

I keep trying to tell y’all YOU ARE SENDING THE WRONG VANCE

Celebrating Confederate Surrender Day from the operatic stage in APPOMATTOX (Philip Glass, 2007) with the San Francisco Opera Company (at 0:03 and 0:25)

Top Ten Matzah Flavors: 1. Brittle Beige 2. Terribly Taupe 3. Ecru Crumble 4. Oaky Ochre 5. Boldly Balsa 6. Yachatz Rock 7. Crumbs o' Fun 8. Sandy Snap 9. Salt of the Earth 10. Egg

Legit criticism of Israel can become bigotry. Israel’s actions in Lebanon are unethical. I get a Lebanese man calling Israel “animals” and Zionism “the most evil, genocidal ideology to ever exist.” But ppl sharing that? More evil than Nazism, Stalinism, Jim Crow? Of course Jews hear that as hate.

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social Proto-pitchbot content, courtesy of April Fools Day TV Guide, 1970 — wandering America in search of the silent/forgotten American/majority

What’s the greater danger to our kids? Be honest. Accidentally seeing the genitals of a trans woman in a locker room, or the purposeful corruption of herd immunity by crackpot perverts who use their unwarranted access to public health agencies to undermine the proven science of vaccination?

Bagels and bacon are incompatible

For God’s sake, Rand dragging Markwayne for crowing over the pain Rand suffered in his own violent attack doesn’t make him some f-ing progressive hero. Get back to me when Rand shows even a fraction of this concern for the pain of trans kids, uninsured folks, or victims of botched abortions.

A real honor to be quoted by CM Elo-Rivera in his remarks about S500. I so admire his heart and his courage. I’m blessed to have gotten to know a public servant who devotes such heart and wisdom (and sweat!) to the residents of San Diego — a real Jewish role model for my community and this city.

My letter to the San Diego City Council (sdcitycouncil.bsky.social), opposing S500, which would codify the IHRA definition of antisemitism. The vote is scheduled for tomorrow.

Once again for the bots and trolls after a week of numerous attacks on Jewish establishments, shouting GAZA GAZA at a Jew asking you to take responsibility for antisemitism is not a substitute for virtue, political analysis, or a personality

Remarkably, antiwar folks are still being called "naive" and "dangerous" by folks who called for a war with no endgame, a war causing mass misery. Pushing for war doesn't make you valiant, clever, or a "realist." It was foolish to support going to war, and even more foolish to continue to do so.

Antisemitism on the left is real. Some notes: 1) ALWAYS challenge it 2) Remember: Nazi rhetoric is now in the GOP platform 3) It’s no excuse for Jews to abandon coalition work; Many Blacks, queers, Muslims etc show up even when they face hate 4) Justice is hard, but it’s Torah; it’s not optional

Pitch an unnecessary sequel BetterFellas

Anybody know if there's a source for the phrase "representation matters"?

Now a second young Republican group chat that's descended into grotesque antisemitism and racism. Any response from ADL? Federations? Conference of Presidents? Or are they too busy sifting through Mamdani's garbage?

When we cried over the destruction of USAID, we were told "it's all fraud and waste." Administration officials laughed: "no one died." Of course people are dying. Every day. Never forget what these ghouls did. Never let them get away with calling themselves "pro-life." Not even for a second.

Since there are Jewish organizations — some of them religious/rabbinic — falling all over themselves to support this cruel and reckless war, let me dust off some of the Jewish religious texts I taught when I was a baby rabbi, during the second Iraq War: 🧵...

A meditation on Chapter 9 of the Book of Esther, from my colleague Rabbi Dev Noily. Tragically this year, even more appropriate and necessary.

“The security we profess to seek in foreign adventures we will lose in our decaying cities. The bombs in Vietnam explode at home — they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.” (MLK, April 15, 1967)

The great thing about seeing Jews on social media obscenely preen or gloat over the still-warm bodies of innocent civilians is that I know exactly who to unfriend and block.

Excellent response from @dsasf.org ... do not be fooled by right-wing hit pieces. Give DSA credit for doing and saying the right things.

... as opposed to the same 15 or so Jewish org chairs and donors who act on behalf of the Jewish community, who all go to the same parties, and see each other at the same banquets, and live in the same neighborhood, but who are most certainly NOT in any kind of echo chamber.

Somewhere in this great nation there must be an American patriot who can devise an algorithm to automatically go through every post on Trump's "Truth"Social account, and replace each noun with the word "Epstein."

Why should we have to know "how to tell?" Why is the onus on the potential victim of harassment? Where is the morality in a society that says, "this immigrant might hurt us, so let's deport her," while also saying, "this person is using tech in public that might hurt us — you're on your own."

Am I crazy to think it would be a political coup for the Dems to immediately propose "tariff refund" checks to all Americans?

10/10. No notes.

You think any of the folks responsible for this graphic know that the vast majority of these folks didn’t live in Israel — and many never set foot in the place?

This man is a disgrace to Jews, to his party, to his government, and to his God. To my Muslim friends and colleagues, please know this does not represent the feelings of the vast majority of Jews I know.

“I really love that donut shop. 1 out of 10 of their donuts have rabid arsenic piranhas inside them, but the rest are great.”

No @nbcnews.com … a “mega warehouse” sounds like a Costco. This is a concentration camp.

“That’s the romance, those little moments in this crazy world, where we could look at each other and go, ‘You’re cute.’ Then we walk downstairs to a barrage of press, lights and cameras, and it’s like, ‘Just stay in this moment. It’s really just us. This is nice.’” (Michelle Obama)

Oh there’s someone out here giving off ape vibes, but it sure as hell ain’t Obama.

What in the absolute pits of hell is this? Is it from Epstein? To him? Something else?

No truth to the rumor that I'm being traded to the Jazz for their lottery pick, and a rabbi to be named later.

Ztz"l to Mickey Lolich, Tigers ace and World Series hero, who famously opened a donut shop in Lapeer, Michigan to avoid the indignity of playing another inning for the late '70s Mets.

From the people who told you that trans women peeing, alone in a stall, would traumatize teenage girls...

Legacy Jewish orgs: oMg how could you pOsSiBly compare ICE disappearing people and shooting folks in the street to Nazis? Holocaust survivors: Getting Anne Frank vibes here. Can we hide our Haitian caregivers in our senior housing?

They’re home. If you demonstrated, wrote your reps, or signed a petition… mazl tov, you helped make this happen. What you do matters. Keep it up.

So you watch that video, and the thing that catches your eye is the broken taillight? Not the half dozen men dressed in combat gear brandishing military rifles, on the streets of a US city? Is that your final answer?

Weird question. Looking at paintings by a guy named Louis Anquetin, who I've never heard of before, and all the paintings look like famous paintings by other artists. Toulouse-Lautec, Van Gogh, etc. For people who know about art: Could this person be an AI creation? Was Anquetin a real person?

@actblueorg.bsky.social These are all day and night. Four before 9am, all with actblue in the url. I have contacted you numerous times. This is harassment … FCC/FEC violation. How can I report it without Trump’s DOJ ghouls coming after you? I might have to report it anyway…

You don’t need gas chambers for Holocaust comparisons to be apt. This looks like it was cut and pasted from Der Stürmer. The point is to sound the alarm BEFORE we get to gas chambers.

So just to be clear... the people who have been calling progressive Jews "kapos" for the last decade are suddenly squeamish about Holocaust comparisons?

A Dutch order for Jews to report to a camp. Anne Frank’s family defied a similar order. They were suddenly “in the county illegally.” The people didn’t change. The law did. If you are a Jew and don’t understand how laws are manipulated to make minorities into criminals, go study the Holocaust.

Jews in or near San Diego: let's show up. I'll be joining other clergy in a procession with San Diego Organizing Project in Barrio Logan to call on our leaders to protect our families. Today, 4pm, Cesar Chavez Park. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Defund ICE. Thank you for your attention to this matter.